to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrumentpared the stray branches on the tree
pared the stray branches on the tree
bob, clip, crop, cut, cut back, dock, lop (off), nip, poll, prune, shave, shear, snip, trim
skive, whittlemanicure, mowpinch, stumpcurtail, shorten
elongate, extend, lengthen
in the 14th century
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